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- Jacques Guéret, son of Rene Guéret and Madeleine Le Vigoureux, was born and baptized on March 8, 1665, in the parish of Canchy, District of D'Isigny of Bayeux, department of Calvados , Normandie, France. In Canchy stands a ruined castle from times of Ancient Nobility where ancesters of Jacques and his descendants may have lived. Jacques was the Grandson of Jean Guéret (Guerey) and Francoise de Méhérence (du Mont Mirel). Francoise provides a royal gateway for this lineage. Francoise was the daughter of Seigneur Jean de Meherenc du Montmirel, who left to his heirs the title of nobility, Du Mont Mirel. The manor house of Montmirel still exists today and it is located about 20 kilometers from Canchy in the town of La Cambe. La Maison de Maherenc is still represented in Brittany. Canchy is located very close to Omaha Beach where the Allies landed on 4 June 1944.
At the age of 25 in 1690, after the death of both his parents, Jacques traveled to New France in search of a new life. New France was being established and Jacques heard the North American call. Jacques Guéret obtained his first New France contract with Jacques Tardif, Seigneur of Beauport, Bourg du Fargy. This contract established Jacques in New France and, upon contract completion, Jacques further established himself by marrying Marie-Ann Tardiff, who was one of Seigneur Jacques Tardif's daughters.
Jacques began to grow his family in Beauport and ventured out into the Gaspesie countryside to settle. The Gaspesie countryside was beautiful but undeveloped and too far away for established commerce . After a rough desolate winter, Jacques packed up the farm and family and moved to the southern banks of the great Saint Lawrence seaway in an area that is now known as Kamouraska. It is this area that Jacques and generations thereafter initially settled. Descendants of the Guéret dit Dumont lineage are known by many names including Guéret, Guerey, Guerette, Dumont, Dumond, Dumo, Demo and descend from the berceau of Kamouraska, Quebec and now live across North America and the entire world.
Research: Grégory Frank Dumont
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1665 - 1739 (74 years)
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